Six hundred miles expedited, from Chang'an to Shanzhou only takes six days. At this time, Li Ang estimated that his letter had just arrived in Chang'an, and the holy decree of the Tang Emperor would arrive in Shanzhou first.

When the lieutenant official read the decree, the officials of all sizes were present, and before the decree was read, everyone couldn't help whispering, and finally waited for the decree to be read, and when Wang Zhongji went up to receive the decree, the eyes of all the officials below were all on Li Ang.

I thought that Li Ang would break Tubo and capture the Mangbu Branch, and the court would definitely have a heavy reward, but I never expected that Li Ang's reward would only be a prince of the sixth grade.

The prince belongs to the right spring fang, the rank is six products, and the book of the East Palace is in charge of the order, and the table is opened. This is a typical idle position, usually set up four people, and Li Ang, the prince, is equivalent to a fictitious title.

With his new science and technology jinshi, he has greatly destroyed the fame and merit of Tibet, and such a low reward is simply unbelievable.

The only explanation is that Li Ang offended people in Jingli.

On the contrary, Dong Yanguang, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, became the biggest winner, not only adding the title of Shangzhu of Zhengerpin, but also receiving a lot of rewards.

In the holy decree, Dong Yanguang led his troops to defeat the 50,000 army of Dazarugong, sent light cavalry deep behind the enemy, broke the ambush of the city, and praised the great theory of Tubo.

Including Feng Shoujie, the envoy of the Anren army, and Wang Rare, the envoy of the Baishui army, and others were also promoted to the rank of knight, and the rewards were rich.

Li Ang's credit has been obtained under the wise command of Dong Yanguang, and according to this logic, it seems that the coach accounts for most of the credit.

As the saying goes, one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither!

It's just that this matter is obviously not so simple, everyone looked at Li Ang's eyes. It's getting weirder and weirder.

Dong Yanguang, who was standing in front, turned around and smiled coldly. His eyes were full of the winner's contempt for the loser.

Li Ang didn't seem to see this, not that he was indifferent to fame. As the so-called complaining is too strong to prevent intestinal breakage, the scenery should be long-term. The water of Modao Kunming Pond is shallow, and the fish viewing is better than the Fuchun River.

If the prince gives up people, the prince gives up people, if you care about the gains and losses of a city and a pool, then you will fall into the inferiority.

Dong Yanguang saw that his attitude was indifferent, without the slightest hint of sadness and indignation, but he felt a little bored with himself.

At the same time, his heart also lifted, he couldn't figure it out, Li Ang was a young man under twenty years old. In this case, how can you be so calm and calm, pampered and not surprised?

In addition to rewarding merit, there is a more important part of the content of the holy decree, that is, Wang Zhonghei wants to take advantage of the victory to recapture Shibao City.

Is Stone Castle City important?

The answer is: quite important.

To the east of it, is the Longxi County of "the world's wealth out of Longright", is the hustle and bustle of the Silk Road, and in the splendid picture scroll of the Tang Dynasty, it is the support that supports the northwest land.

Tubo Ruode Stone Castle City. It can be used as a springboard for eastward expansion, and then wave the army to Longxi, and take the rich Helong Plain into your pocket. If the Tang Dynasty gets the stone castle city, it can defend it according to the danger. Curb the infiltration and invasion of the Tibetan people into the Longxi Plain. In short, Stone Fort City is a battleground for soldiers.

In the seventeenth year of Kaiyuan. The great-grandson of Taizong and the grandson of Li Ke, the king of Wu. Li Yi, the king of Xin'an County, once staged a long-range raid battle. At that time, the king of Xin'an County concentrated the elite cavalry and killed Shibao City in the starry night. The Tubo people were caught off guard, and this important border town that had fallen for decades returned to the embrace of the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, as soon as the news came out, the whole country of Tubo was shocked, and they hurriedly sent envoys to make it good, and the cultural and martial arts of the prosperous era of Kaiyuan were pushed to a new height. The Tang Emperor was long-faced and happy, and Shibao City became a place to give the emperor a long face.

Unfortunately, in the twenty-ninth year of Kaiyuan, the Tubo people also staged a sneak attack and seized control of the stone fort.

In the blink of an eye, five or six years have passed, but the emperor has always been obsessed with Shibao, not to mention, now that the Turks in northern Xinjiang have been wiped out, the Xi people and Khitan in the northeast have also been beaten to pieces by Fan Yang Jiedu An Lushan, and they have sent envoys to beg for mercy.

Looking at the world, the biggest threat to Datang now is only Tibet.

Just in time for the new defeat of the 50,000 army of the famous Tubo general Dazarukong, the lack of grain and grass, the Mangbuzhi clan was purged, the people were panicked, and the army's morale was unstable. At first glance, this is indeed a good opportunity to recapture the stone fort.

Therefore, it is only natural that the emperor ordered Wang Zhonghei to recapture the stone fort.

Wang Zhongsi himself also knew in his heart that the emperor ordered him to lead the four towns and personally sit in Longyou, what was his intention. He didn't dare to slack off, and while ordering the transfer of troops from the four major military towns to support Longyou, he personally went to the vicinity of Shibao to observe the situation.

In addition to Cao Yan, the general of Shanzhou Town, Ge Shuhan, and Fei Guanqing, the secretary of Shanzhou, Wang Zhongsi unexpectedly brought Li Ang with him this time.

The reason why it is said to be an accident is because during this time, he almost avoided Li Ang and was extremely cold, and Li Ang didn't expect him to bring him with him.

Beating children on rainy days, idle is also idle, so Li Ang took Wu Xuan and went with him. Stone Castle City is such an important strategic place, it's good to take a look.

Escorted by 200 elite tooth soldiers, Li Ang and his entourage set out from Shanzhou and went west for 120 miles to Shancheng County, where there was a Heyuan army with 14,000 troops and 650 horses.

After staying overnight in Shanzhou, everyone continued to set off, traveling one hundred and twenty miles west to Suirong City, and sixty miles southwest to Dingrong City.

Dingrong City is located on the mountain, the mountain is about 200 meters high, the north and south of the city are about 50 or 60 meters wide, the east and west are about 80 meters long, the base stone is the wall, and the wall base is about 4 meters wide.

It was a very small city, but it was garrisoned by 200 Don troops. Because after the stone fort was lost, it was the forefront of the fight against Tibet.

Li Ang and others ascended Dingrong City, looked south, there is Yaoshui River under the mountain, cross the river is Shicheng Mountain, the mountain is steep and upward, reckless and firm, about six or seven miles, there are two square platforms;

The large square platform is located in the southeast, the small square platform is located in the northwest, there is a narrow ridge between the two square platforms, and the red sandstone cliff is like blood under the sunset.

The stone fort was built on the large and small square platforms, which were actually composed of two defensive bodies, east and west, plus the ridge connecting the two square platforms, forming a defensive system similar to the "T" shape.

The vertical in the middle of the "T" is a narrow and steep mountain road, three or four miles long, with twists and turns. The large and small square platforms are located at the two ends of the "T" respectively, and the cliffs on three sides are hanging down, and they are thousands of blades high.

The ridge that connects the two square platforms is arched, so that the two square platforms are like two arms, hugging the narrow mountain path in the middle. The mountain road is close to the side of the large square platform in the southeast, with a cliff on the top and a deep ravine below.

Although he had long heard that the terrain of the stone castle was dangerous, and one man should be the gate, and ten thousand people could not open it, but when he saw it with his own eyes, Wang Zhongsi still couldn't help but feel cold.

When the mountain wind blew, the red tassels on Wang Zhonghe's helmet and the long cloak were flying, he breathed a sigh and sighed: "The enemy is guarding the square platform, as long as he keeps pushing down the rolling stone and wood, and thousands of troops and horses can only be buried under the deep ravine. ”

Cao Yan, the general of Shanzhou Town, replied: "What Ambassador Wang said is that if this is not the case, the stone fort cannot be called a strategic point. ”

Shen Dagong, the lieutenant stationed in Dingrong City, said: "Ambassador Wang, there are several ravines around the whole mountain body of the big and small square platforms, starting from the southeast direction, the right stone ditch, the square platform bend, are difficult to climb, the south is called Gagou, although the Gagou is also difficult to climb, but if you can help the hook rope, you can still climb up. ”

Ge Shuhan shook his head and said: "This is not very helpful, if you climb with the help of a hook during the day, this will not hide from the enemy, if at night, the line of sight is not in sight, who can use the hook to go up?" Even if you can go up to three or so people, it won't help. ”

Leon looked at the cliff six or seven miles away, a little distracted. Wang Zhongsi suddenly asked him, "Li Sheren, do you have a good plan?" ”

Leon woke up and replied, "No." ”

He replied so simply, as if he didn't have a brain at all, Wang Zhongsi only said that he didn't get the reward he deserved for his merits last time, and he was angry.

As the so-called thunder, rain and dew, they are all Jun'en. Li Ang's reaction made him frown secretly, and as soon as he turned his head, he heard Li Ang say: "But what the lower officials are puzzled about is, why do we have to fill this ravine with the corpses of tens of thousands of soldiers?" ”

"Li Bingcao has something to say, and he can't be blunt."

Li Ang looked at the red tassels flying on his helmet and said: "Xiaguan used to study, and I remember that Mencius said that the time is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people. Therefore, it is said that the people of the domain do not use the boundary of the frontier, and the country does not take the risk of mountains and streams;

If there are no people in Tibet, what is the use of occupying the territory? If there are no soldiers to fight in Tibet, let alone using the stone fort as a springboard, even if we open the door, they will not dare to invade, and even if they come, what can they violate? ”

Wang Zhonghe's heart moved, Li Ang's words had already made it very clear, instead of exchanging the lives of thousands of soldiers for the stone fort, it was better to concentrate on destroying the living forces of Tubo, as long as this was done, it didn't matter whether the castle was taken back or not.

After Wang Zhongji saw the danger of the situation in the stone fort with his own eyes, he became suspicious of the storm on the stone fort. Li Ang's point of view coincides with his thoughts.

"Is there anything else Li Sheren would like to add?" Wang Zhongsi asked.

Li Ang sighed: "Xia Guan originally had some ideas, but now I can't say it, otherwise Xia Guan may be guilty of being a real traitor." ”

Wang Zhongsi glanced at him, did not ask any more questions, and after resting in Dingrong City for the night, Wang Zhongsi personally approached the foot of Shicheng Mountain the next day to observe the terrain in detail;

When I really arrived at the foot of Fangcheng Mountain, I looked up, the mountains became peaks, majestic and towering, and the individual life seemed incomparably small in front of the creation of this nature.

The narrow, steep mountain path winds its way up like a spiraling ladder to the clouds. The terrain below the mountain is uneven, and the ravines are criss-crossed, and it is difficult for the army to set up a position.

Of course, even if the formation is out of line, it is useless.

The mountain wind is howling, rolling up clouds and mist flying between the mountain peaks, in a word, no matter how many human lives there are, it is difficult to fill this dangerous ravine!

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